
Taming News of a Border Tragedy
The catastrophe that struck the China-Nepal border last month is a case study in information control — and the clearest sign yet that Xi Jinping has rewritten the script for domestic media.

The Jilin Provincial People’s Government is the state administrative and executive organ of Jilin Province in northeastern China, headquartered in Changchun. Established in 1949 alongside the founding of the People’s Republic of China, it formally reports to the State Council in Beijing and to the Jilin Provincial People’s Congress, though in practice authority rests with the Jilin Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
